Example sentences of "most [prep] [art] [noun pl] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Most of the programs Carter proposed either were never passed or were drastically rewritten by Congress . ’
2 Most of the properties SunWest is offering are priced in sterling , so the currency fluctuations have not had an impact .
3 Most of the theatres Warner had acquired were in what was described as the ‘ populous East ’ and especially in Pennsylvania , New Jersey , and New York and it could be claimed that the studio knew and needed to know more about industrial America than some of its rivals .
4 Wigs were out of the question because of the cost , and most of the changes John asked for in the designs were for simplicity in making and comfort in wearing .
5 Like most of the clothes Malcolm sold they were beautifully made , of pale coloured gaberdine .
6 That spirit persists , particularly in Oxford ; witness John Bayley : ‘ Most of the theories Eagleton expounds may soon seem outlandish curiosities , cooked up by teachers of literature who need to feel professional , in the sense that philosophers or scientists do , or powerful , like politicians . ’
7 Although most of the adjustments Valuev proposed to the statutes of emancipation appeared to favour the gentry at the expense of the peasantry , one of them , the abolition of the peasant commune , might have had the opposite effect , and none of them was designed to turn the clock back .
8 Most of the poems Wordsworth contributed to the Lyrical Ballads were completed in an astonishing burst of creativity during the next few weeks , and drew their inspiration largely from his immediate surroundings at Holford and Alfoxden .
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